CLEAVER OF SIN

"Lyra," Asher called out calmly.

Instantly, Lyra, who was always stationed near the door, stepped into the room with silent grace.

"Take away these barrels. I’ll be in the training chamber. If anything important comes up, relay it to me there," Asher instructed, then turned around and walked off without waiting for a response.

Lyra bowed in acknowledgment and complied without hesitation. With a fluid wave of her hand, her Astra pulsed outward, lifting the barrels into the air as if they moved on their own accord.

This was an advanced application of Astra manipulation, it granted telekinetic-like control. Of course, its limitations were vast. If not, people like Azeron could easily lift the entire Zarethorne Empire using sheer Astra control and quantity alone.

Although Asher had previously stated he wouldn’t be training today, that wasn’t entirely untrue. He didn’t intend to engage in any strenuous activity, he merely wanted to test a few theories he had been formulating regarding Virelass.

Stepping into the Astra-rich chamber, Asher took a seat on the floor, while Virelass floated silently beside him, suspended in the air like a sentinel.

Through persistent contemplation, experimentation, and light training, Asher had discovered that Virelass could store blood and still heal injuries during battle without tapping into her main reserves by using those available on the battlefield. It was a remarkable feat, one neither mentioned by the system nor by Virelass herself.

But this time, Asher wanted to test something else, an extension of her blood storage ability.

’These abilities weren’t even disclosed by the system or Virelass. If I wasn’t sharp enough to figure this out on my own, I would’ve been using her only for immediate healing during battles where blood was already present,’ Asher thought, giving himself a small mental pat on the back.